Plasma Technology and Fusion Technology 2

Course guarantor:

Jiří Matějíček

Lecturer:

Wolfgang Biel

Tutor:

Supervisor:

Department of Physics

Synopsis:

The second part of the course focuses on nuclear fusion technologies, the principles of fusion reactor operation and plasma confinement methods. Students will gain an overview of plasma-material interactions, radiation damage, the diagnostics and control of fusion plasma, plasma heating technologies, and current concepts for fusion reactors, including tokamaks and stellarators.

Requirements:

Vector analysis, classical mechanics, electromagnetism.

Syllabus of lectures:

Syllabus of tutorials:

Study Objective:

To gain a thorough understanding of energy production through nuclear fusion, the physics of nuclear fusion, the operating principles of fusion reactors, fusion reactor diagnostics, and materials technologies for fusion energy.

Study materials:

F.F. Chen: Introduction to Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

J. Freidberg: Plasma Physics and Fusion Energy

Y.P. Raizer, Gas Discharge Physics

M. Kikuchi, K. Lackner, M.Q. Tran, Fusion Physics

W. Lochte-Holtgreven: Plasma diagnostics

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Further information:

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans: